Books for understanding revealed / stated preferences models and conducting choice experiments
Train, K. E. (2009). Discrete choice methods with simulation. Cambridge university press.
--> A masterpiece if you want a precise understanding of the properties of discrete choice models, models' assumptions, identification, and computational issues in mixed multinomial logit models
Mariel, P., Hoyos, D., Meyerhoff, J., Czajkowski, M., Dekker, T., Glenk, K., ... & Thiene, M. (2021). Environmental valuation with discrete choice experiments: Guidance on design, implementation and data analysis (p. 129). Springer Nature.
--> A very detailed textbook covering the full process of developing a discrete choice experiment: theoretical background, survey instrument, experimental design techniques, data collection, estimation and validation
Articles with a step-by-step presentation of (discrete) choice experiments, rationale & best practices
Farrar, S., Ryan, M., Ross, D., & Ludbrook, A. (2000). Using discrete choice modelling in priority setting: an application to clinical service developments. Social science & medicine, 50(1), 63-75.
Lancsar, E., & Louviere, J. (2008). Conducting discrete choice experiments to inform healthcare decision making: a user’s guide. Pharmacoeconomics, 26, 661-677.
Louviere, J. J., & Lancsar, E. (2009). Choice experiments in health: the good, the bad, the ugly and toward a brighter future. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 4(4), 527-546.
Louviere, J. J., Flynn, T. N., & Carson, R. T. (2010). Discrete choice experiments are not conjoint analysis. Journal of choice modelling, 3(3), 57-72.
Johnson, F. R., Adamowicz, W., & Groothuis-Oudshoorn, C. (2024). What Can Discrete-Choice Experiments Tell Us about Patient Preferences? An Introduction to Quantitative Analysis of Choice Data. The Patient-Patient-Centered Outcomes Research.
Ride, J., Goranitis, I., Meng, Y., LaBond, C., & Lancsar, E. (2024). A Reporting Checklist for Discrete Choice Experiments in Health: The DIRECT Checklist. PharmacoEconomics, 1-15.
Experimental and survey design techniques for choice experiments
Sandor, Z., & Wedel, M. (2001). Designing conjoint choice experiments using managers' prior beliefs. Journal of marketing research, 38(4), 430-444.
Carlsson, F., & Martinsson, P. (2003). Design techniques for stated preference methods in health economics. Health economics, 12(4), 281-294.
Viney, R., Savage, E., & Louviere, J. (2005). Empirical investigation of experimental design properties of discrete choice experiments in health care. Health Economics, 14(4), 349-362.
Bech, M., Kjaer, T., & Lauridsen, J. (2011). Does the number of choice sets matter? Results from a web survey applying a discrete choice experiment. Health economics, 20(3), 273-286.
Johnson, F. R., Lancsar, E., Marshall, D., Kilambi, V., Mühlbacher, A., Regier, D. A., ... & Bridges, J. F. (2013). Constructing experimental designs for discrete-choice experiments: report of the ISPOR conjoint analysis experimental design good research practices task force. Value in health, 16(1), 3-13.
de Bekker-Grob, E. W., Donkers, B., Jonker, M. F., & Stolk, E. A. (2015). Sample size requirements for discrete-choice experiments in healthcare: a practical guide. The Patient-Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 8, 373-384.
Determann, D., Gyrd-Hansen, D., de Wit, G. A., de Bekker-Grob, E. W., Steyerberg, E. W., Lambooij, M. S., & Bjørnskov Pedersen, L. (2019). Designing unforced choice experiments to inform health care decision making: implications of using opt-out, neither, or status quo alternatives in discrete choice experiments. Medical Decision Making, 39(6), 681-692.
Vass, C. M., Davison, N. J., Vander Stichele, G., & Payne, K. (2020). A picture is worth a thousand words: the role of survey training materials in stated-preference studies. The Patient-Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 13, 163-173.
Assessing the face validity, internal validity, and external validity of your DCE
Ryan, M., Watson, V., & Entwistle, V. (2009). "Rationalising the ‘irrational’: a think aloud study of discrete choice experiment responses". Health economics, 18(3), 321-336
Coast, J., Al‐Janabi, H., Sutton, E. J., Horrocks, S. A., Vosper, A. J., Swancutt, D. R., & Flynn, T. N. (2012). "Using qualitative methods for attribute development for discrete choice experiments: issues and recommendations". Health economics, 21(6), 730-741.
Glenk, K., Meyerhoff, J., Colombo, S., & Faccioli, M. (2024). "Enhancing the face validity of choice experiments: A simple diagnostic check". Ecological Economics, 221, 108160.
Blumenschein, K., Blomquist, G. C., Johannesson, M., Horn, N., & Freeman, P. (2008). "Eliciting willingness to pay without bias: evidence from a field experiment". The Economic Journal, 118(525), 114-137.
Quaife, M., Terris-Prestholt, F., Di Tanna, G. L., & Vickerman, P. (2018). "How well do discrete choice experiments predict health choices? A systematic review and meta-analysis of external validity". The European journal of health economics, 19, 1053-1066.
Elías, Julio J., Nicola Lacetera, and Mario Macis. 2019. "Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment". American Economic Review, 109 (8): 2855–88.
Buckell, J., & Hess, S. (2019). "Stubbing out hypothetical bias: improving tobacco market predictions by combining stated and revealed preference data". Journal of Health Economics, 65, 93-102.
de Bekker-Grob, E. W., Donkers, B., Bliemer, M. C., Veldwijk, J., & Swait, J. D. (2020). "Can healthcare choice be predicted using stated preference data?" Social Science & Medicine, 246, 112736.
Making the best of you data. A short journey into state-of-practice in choice modeling (methodological issues)
Hensher, D., Louviere, J., & Swait, J. (1998). "Combining sources of preference data". Journal of Econometrics, 89(1-2), 197-221.
Greene, W. H., & Hensher, D. A. (2003). "A latent class model for discrete choice analysis: contrasts with mixed logit". Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 37(8), 681-698.
Lancsar, E., Louviere, J., & Flynn, T. (2007). "Several methods to investigate relative attribute impact in stated preference experiments". Social science & medicine, 64(8), 1738-1753.
Hess, S., & Rose, J. M. (2012). "Can scale and coefficient heterogeneity be separated in random coefficients models?". Transportation, 39, 1225-1239.
Campbell, D., Boeri, M., Doherty, E., & Hutchinson, W. G. (2015). "Learning, fatigue and preference formation in discrete choice experiments". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 119, 345-363
Heidenreich, S., Watson, V., Ryan, M., & Phimister, E. (2018). "Decision heuristic or preference? Attribute non‐attendance in discrete choice problems". Health economics, 27(1), 157-171.